Mgahinga National Park Uganda Wildlife

Traveling to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world and get thrilled by the iconic features that embrace Visitors who prefer the natural and majestic pleasurable Uganda Safari activities like golden monkey tracking, gorilla trekking, mountain hiking, Nature walks in the forest, cultural encounters, sightseeing, bird watching in Mgahinga and so many Mgahinga activities. The alluring beauty of the park holds the mouthwatering three virunga volcanoes Mountains, the rocky defined caves, numerous bird species and the confined Uganda wildlife .

Well, the life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have, explore Mgahinga Park that makes you modest as you immerse your self in the adventurous Mgahinga mountains, one can customize his budget safari to fill the stillness of hiking Volcanoes as well a backpack, Most of our Visitors each year also enjoy the nature walks in the wilderness.

Traveling to Uganda‘s smallest national park-Mgahinga spanning 33.7 square kilometers, regulates your imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, you see them as they are in the south western part of Uganda near the town of Kisoro. The entire park is located in Bufumbira County, in Kisoro District. And was gazette in 1991, it’s a part of the virunga conservation Area which is recorded to be 434km.

The facinating Park is bordered by Rwanda in the south and to the west by the Democratic. From Kisoro Town, you can take a drive of 55 kilometers by road as estimated, west of kabale. The Park covers the northern slopes of the three famous Virunga Volcanoes, ie. Mt. Muhavura at a recorded height of 4,127 m, Mt. Gahinga at a height of 3,474 m, and Mt. Sabinyo standing at 3,645 m)

Within the park, you can be assured to have a beautiful view of the area by having a foot walk up the clear view point, immediately after from Ntebeko Gate. The Virungas are home to a large variety of wildlife, including about half the world’s critically gigantic endangered mountain gorillas.

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Mgahinga National Park itself is really an amazing area to be in by the virtue of the fact that it lies on the northern slopes of Muhabura, Sabinyo and Mgahinga. The three Volcanoes offer an unforgettable experience and an amazing adventure, You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world and get thrilled by the iconic features that embrace Visitors who prefer the natural and majestic pleasurable Uganda wildlife Safari activities like golden monkey tracking, gorilla trekking, mountain hiking, Nature walks in the forest, cultural encounters, sightseeing, bird watching in Mgahinga and so many Mgahinga activities.

These peaks are well known to be three of the six Virunga volcanoes that extend to the southern limit of the Albertine Rift valley. The Virungas are a home to more than half of the world’s population of the endangered mountain gorilla thus being able out compete the worlds gorilla habituated places. As recorded, 380 individuals roam the slopes of the volcanoes while the remaining 340 live nearby in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Interesting things to do within the Mgahinga National Park

There are several things to do within the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

Gorilla Trekking: This is the major activity carried out in the vicinity, and one of the most amazing tour experience in the region, the park has a habituated gorilla group (Nyakagyezi), meaning that our travellers can easily get close to a Mountain Gorilla

Trail Hiking or Mountain Hiking: The National Park is a book, and those who do not travel to Mgahinga National Park read only one page. Mgahinga National Park magnifies your human emotions
as it involves hiking towards Sabinyo, then later trail climbs extending further to the base of Sabinyo stretching through the afro-montane forests where the Golden monkeys manifest.

Sightseeing or Sight Viewing of the scenery.: Enjoy the platform of about 800 meters raised high in the Ugandan clouds covering an altitude of between 2,227m and 4,127m from the park Gate, sight see the features of the park and its neighboring topography, you might be thrilled by the ancient trees stretching away from the crinkly floor.

Bird Watching and Buffalo Wall: The place offers a big number of different bird species to more than 200 bird species sighted throughout the qhole year. Birding here is also a common activity perfomed by tourists and is highly recommended to a traveller on a Uganda Birding Safari with a chance to encounter with more than 90% birdspecies on his or herlist

Batwa Trail and Garama Cave: Enjoy a beautiful scenic view of the Batwa trail that leads from the Muhavura cave. Be part of the walk with the Batwa guides that will share with you their ancestral life and culture as they lived in forests and caves.

Visiting Ntebeko Visitors’ Centre, A Starting Point to the Recipes of Mgahinga Park

The Visitor Centre at Ntebeko is the starting point for nature walks to all travellers, volcanoes hikes, golden monkey tracking Safaris and gorilla tracking Safari and the short (4km) Batwa Trail normally loved by our clients due to the thrilling Community experiences. The trailhead of the long Batwa trail is at the base of Mt Muhavura that can be seen sitting high in the clouds at altitude ranges. This point also is an exhilarating exhiition centre to visit the themes relating the Virunga adventures. A trail along the stone Buffalo Wall – built to keep animals out of neighboring farmland – provides good birding and views of the volcanoe

Mgahinga National Park Accommodation

Our client/Visitor’s comfortability as you relax on your Uganda Safari is a key priority for us, Depending on your Safari budget, we provide a guided list of our most trusted accommodation in the Park. The Safari accommodation options range from from budget to Luxury accommodation.